TA’s Notes:
***Please do not send in any food to be shared among Voyager students***
***Please notify us if your child has strep. Thank you for this courtesy.***
Voyager Homework Club- Tuesdays (2:00-3:30pm) and Wednesdays (3:00-4:30pm)
Voyager One Act Plays
Evening Performances, Thursday, January 25th
Students performing in the first two plays should arrive at 6:30pm for
their performance.
Students in the second two plays should arrive by 7:15pm.
Play Performance Times
Camzil 7:00 - 7:20pm
Grecia 7:25 - 7:45pm
Intermission 7:45 - 7:55pm
Ethopan 7:55 - 8:15pm
Fijiland 8:20 - 8:40pm
(Your student will know the name of their group, and be able to give you an
explanation about the name!)
School Yearbooks! February 23rd is last day to order.
If you need a paper order form please let Katie
Fieldsend know and she will send one home with
your student.
Marko The Magician is coming to Williston Central School again this winter for an
exciting evening of laughs and fun. This is a great family activity, or drop off your older
middle school students for a few hours. All proceeds benefit the New York City field trip
May 29-June 1, which includes students grades 5-8.
When: Friday, February 9th
Time: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Where: Williston Central School Auditorium
Cost: $8.00/ticket
The New York City students appreciate your support!
Notes from Ms. Sherman:
Voyager Dance and Activity Night!!!
It's coming fast…..February is right around the corner!!!
We need your help!
Please chaperone, donate supplies, and/or donate concessions
(sign-up has been shared with you by email using Sign Up Genius.)
Questions- Email or Call Katie and thank you in advance
The Williston Community Peace Project and Williston Central School are collaborating to engage students and
community members across generations. We are looking for a yoga instructor who is willing to volunteer to
teach our 8th graders some basic yoga, with the hope that they could then teach younger and/or older
members of our community. Please contact Aron Merrill - amerrill@cvsdvt.org
The Week in Mr. Merrill’s Room (⅚ Humanities):
This week we have focused on our play unit. Teams are now adding technical and performance elements to their
plays and are working towards full dress and tech rehearsals. 5/6 students are also working on a few play based
assignments. The goal is to be sure every student knows the script, basic stage directions, and reflects on his/her
contributions to the success of the performance.
The Week in Ms. O’s Room (⅚ Math & Science):
Math 5: This week we did a final review on the work in Unit 3 which included understanding of
decimals, addition and subtraction of decimals, and division. Students have done very well on some
of the targets that have been traditionally been sticking points for 5th graders. I will have this
assessment scored by Monday and students will then bring all Unit 3 work home for you to see. We
are moving onto standard algorithm for multiplication and division. This will be a shorter unit so we
can spend some solid time on geometry.
Math 6: Students have been tackling some significant misconceptions in geometry and more
importantly building understandings of things that might always be true. When students generalization
in geometry, they find things that are true, if say, the triangle you are working with is a right triangle. If a
triangle isn’t right, then another strategy might be better. We have worked on finding area and
perimeter of rectangles and are very close to completing this same work on triangles. I am working
hard to be sure that side measures are no longer whole. There will be chances to assess whether a
student can find perimeter and area with whole numbers, but much of our practice will be with fractions.
⅚ Science: Students will receive a research packet next week with a human body system of their
choice to begin learning about. More details to follow on the project guidelines and assessment plan.
The Week in Mr. Roof’s Room (⅞ Humanities):
English/Language Arts: This week, we focused on coordinating conjunctions and clauses
(independent and dependent). This skill is related to comma use when combining clauses, so that our
sentences can be more complex, and not sound so choppy when we read. Practice of this skill was
included on Reading log 18. To continue our learning about theater and drama, students had to
complete a drawing that detailed a stage, complete with the appropriate naming of stage areas and
components. In addition, students worked on theater specific vocabulary, and made slides to show
their understanding. We took a break from social studies this week, so that students could focus on
their one acts. We are just one week away from performances!
The Week from Ms. Q’s Room (⅞ Math & Science):
CMP8
This week the 8th graders needed some significant coaxing to get their “heads in the game”. January
is just about halfway for our students, and in a few weeks they will be starting to sign up for their high
school courses. Geometry is the typical progression that students move to at CVU. However, they
need to be in good standing in CMP8, which include meeting the majority of the learning targets,
having the discipline to complete homework, participate in class discussions, and complete tasks in
class. Having a “heart-to-heart” with your 8th grader to encourage them to stay focused and
committed would go a long way. Thanks!
Incidentally, students took a quiz and explored rational and irrational numbers, and repeating and
terminating decimals.
CMP7
We began the week with looking at tessellations and rep-tiles around school. Students found many
examples and were able to talk about scale factor, area, and perimeter of the rep-tiles we found.
Students also did math problem rotations where we practiced ratios, proportions, scale factor, nested
figures and similarity.
Science:
This week students had a independent assignment that included watching “Where do Humans Come
From” and responding to questions in their journal. This assignment is due next week.
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